1947 Jerusalem riots: what Wikipedia removed
The 1947 Jerusalem riots followed the UN vote for the Partition Plan. Through October 2023 the opening said on December 12, Irgun militants placed a bomb at the Damascus Gate that killed 20 passersby. That sentence is gone from the article entirely, the word militant nowhere left in it. A reader today does not learn that Irgun militants bombed the Damascus Gate and killed 20 passersby.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- A rewording of the opening’s first sentence; the core fact that the UN Partition Plan vote triggered the riots is unchanged.
- A sentence describing Arab marchers being stopped at Zion Square on December 2, dropped from the opening.
- The sentence stating that Irgun militants bombed the Damascus Gate on December 12, killing 20 passersby, removed from the article entirely.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16852151):
The 1947 Jerusalem Riots occurred following the 1947 UN Partition Plan . The Arab Higher Committee declared a three-day strike and public protest to begin on December 2 , 1947 , in protest of the vote. Arabs marching to Zion Square on December 2 were stopped by the British, and the Arabs instead turned towards the Commercial Center of the City, burning many buildings and shops. Violence continued for two more days, with Arab mobs attacking a number of Jewish neighborhoods. A side result of the violence was the decision by the Haganah to use force to stop future attacks on Jews. v t e
2025 (revision 1295860404):
Civil unrest following adoption of the UN Partition Plan The 1947 Jerusalem Riots were a series of riots which occurred following the vote in the UN General Assembly in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 2 December 1947. The Arab League declared a three-day strike and public protest to begin on 2 December 1947, in protest at the vote. Arabs burned many buildings and shops. Violence continued for two more days, with a number of Jewish neighborhoods being attacked. Palestinian rioters stoned and stabbed Jews while burning and looting their shops. In retaliation Jews burned down an Arab owned movie theater and garage. A consequence of the violence was the decision by the Haganah Jewish par…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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